Vocabulary I Flashcards
requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance
Laborious
vigorous action or effort
Exertion
a position on the extreme tips of the toes in ballet.
Pointe
to make wrinkles in (the face)
Furrowed
of foreign origin or character; not native; introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized: strikingly unusual or strange in effect or appearance:
Exotic
It is here that the __________ regime in Russia has encountered its most fatal difficulty.
Communist
expulsion from one’s native land by authoritative decree.
Exile
a child’s apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
Pinafore
a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
Refugee
A tubular projection attached to the cecum of the large intestine and located on the lower right side of the abdomen. Also called vermiform appendix.
Appendix
fit or allowed to be eaten or used, according to the dietary or ceremonial (Jewish) laws:
Kosher
fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent.
Edible
a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd:
Hordes
to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand:
Fathom
characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking:
Derisive
a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
Berth
of or relating to mania or a maniac.
Maniacal
a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles.
Shrapnel
